The Football Incident
1976, French. Directed by Joris Ivens & Marceline Loridan-Ivens.
A César award winning documentary about a high school in Beijing where a student throws a ball in the direction of the teacher who had just asked them to stop playing. The class then meets to discuss this problem.
- Runtime
- 0h 21m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- French
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- Released
- 10 March 1976
- Original title
- Une histoire de ballon, lycée no 31 Pékin
- Country
- France
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The Football Incident runs 21 minutes (0h 21m).
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The Football Incident isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 10 March 1976. (Checked 13 November 2026.)
What movies are like The Football Incident?
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Who directed The Football Incident?
The Football Incident (1976) was directed by Joris Ivens and Marceline Loridan-Ivens.